The local space context of Almaty as this registry holds it — the catalogued human footprint on the ground around it, the orbits that can pass overhead, and the geostationary belt seen from here.
| position | 43.252° N, 76.912° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,977,011 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sary Shagan Antimissile Test Center (NIIP-A, GNIIP-10), Balkash | 472 km NW (319°) | 46.380° N, 72.870° E | gcat-sites |
| Sary Ozek missile base, Kazakhstan | 749 km W (274°) | 43.300° N, 67.650° E | gcat-sites |
| Korla Missile Test Center, Launch site near Urumqi, China | 798 km E (101°) | 41.537° N, 86.353° E | gcat-sites |
| Kattakurgan missile base, Samarkand region | 957 km WSW (251°) | 39.900° N, 66.300° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semipalatinsk Test Site | 767 km N (8°) | 50.070° N, 78.430° E | nuclear-tests |
| Lop Nur | 957 km E (97°) | 41.570° N, 88.350° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHINA test 2448120 | 426 km ESE (115°) | 41.567° N, 81.567° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2446051 | 528 km N (1°) | 48.000° N, 77.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| JOE 1 | 533 km N (353°) | 48.000° N, 76.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2433914 | 533 km N (353°) | 48.000° N, 76.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| JOE 3 | 533 km N (353°) | 48.000° N, 76.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440734 | 570 km N (10°) | 48.300° N, 78.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2446028 | 645 km N (7°) | 49.000° N, 78.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2447057 | 645 km N (7°) | 49.000° N, 78.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2447085 | 645 km N (7°) | 49.000° N, 78.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2447055 | 645 km N (7°) | 49.000° N, 78.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445424 | 659 km NNE (13°) | 49.000° N, 79.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445544 | 659 km NNE (13°) | 49.000° N, 79.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2446063 | 682 km NNE (19°) | 49.000° N, 80.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| TELKEM-2 | 701 km S (172°) | 37.000° N, 78.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2438470 | 722 km N (6°) | 49.700° N, 78.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 488 more within 1000 km | |||
Distances are great-circle on a sphere of mean radius 6,371 km; bearings are initial true bearings from the city. Each position is the source catalogue's own, read back from the registry.
Of the 23,251 artificial objects the registry places in Earth orbit on 2026-10-18, 16,271 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 43.252° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 6,980 never reach this latitude.
| space station | inclination | can pass overhead |
|---|---|---|
| Bai Xiang | 85.0° | yes |
| International Space Station (+3 docked records) | 51.6° | yes |
| Kosmos-382 | 55.9° | yes |
| Tianhe | 41.5° | no — its track stops at 41.5° |
Computed: an orbit's equatorial inclination bounds the latitudes its track reaches (inclination i, or 180° − i when retrograde), from the orbital elements the registry holds. «Can pass overhead» is geometry, not a schedule — when, and whether it is lit and visible, depends on the hour.
The geostationary belt arcs across the southern sky and stands 40.1° above the horizon due south — the elevation to aim at for a satellite at this city's own longitude. Computed: spherical Earth (equatorial radius 6,378.137 km), circular orbit of one sidereal day (42,164 km); good to a few tenths of a degree.
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